Charles bouton



(No Model.)l

e. BOUTON.

SAP BUG'KET.

No. 546,648. Patented Sept. 24, 1895.

Umane STATES.

RATPENT CHARLES BOUTON, OF HUDSON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE G. H. GRIMMMANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF vSAME PLACE.

A SAP-BUCKET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 546,648, datedSeptember 24, 1895.

Application tiled January 28, 1895. Serial No. 536,503. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom. it may concern:

Be it known thatl I, CHARLES BOUTON, a citizen of the UnitedStatesresiding at Hudson, in the county of Summit and State of Ohio,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in sapuckets; andl dohereby declare the following to be a full', clear, and exact descriptionof the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertans to make and use the same.

In a sugar-bush it' is customary and desirable to empty all thesap-buckets periodically; but owing to the irregularity in the positionsof the trees it is often difticult for the persons charged with thiswork to remember which buckets have and which have not been emptied.

My invention is a cheap and simple bucket having a cover secured theretoin such manner that it cannot be blown o or accidentally removed in anymanner, which cover is capable of being turned over without beingdisconnected from the bucket, whereby if said covers are differentlycolored on opposite sides and if they are turned over every time thebuckets are emptied one may tell by looking at the buckets from adistancewhether or not all have been emptied.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of partsshown in the drawings and as hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation and Fig. 2 is a plan viewof my improved bucket.

Referring to the parts by letters, A represents the bucket, which may beof any suitable shape and may be made of any desired material. A

B represents the cover, which may be made of any desired material; but Iprefer to Amake it of wood and to brace and strengthen it by the cleatsb, secured to the opposite sides, which cleats also serve as convenientand inexpensive means for lifting said cover.

C represents a frame which is pivoted to the bucket, and to which thecover is pivoted at two points diametrically opposite to each other insuch manner that the cover may be turned in the frame. In theconstruction shown 4this frame is very simple and cheap, being made ofwire curved substantially as shown to bring the ends c c opposite toeach other, and said ends are bent toward each other,thereby forming thepivots for the cover. This wire frame is pivoted near its middle to thebucket by means ot ears ct a, secured to the side of the bucket, havingeyes through which the wire passes. Horizontal holes are formed in theedge of the cover at points diametrically opposite to each other, andthe ends c c of the wire frame enter these holes and serve as the pivotsupon which the cover turns.

I believe the form of frame and the means for pivotally connecting itwith the bucket and cover to be the simplest and cheapest which can beconstructed, and I have made a specific claim to this construction; butI likewise believe the invention is broader than this specificconstruction, and I have made other claims intended to cover not onlythe specific construction shown, but the modifications therein which amechanic could readily make. For example, the form of the frame might bechanged. It might be made of other material, it might be pivotallyconnected with the side of the bucket by other means than those shown,and it might be pivotally connected with the cover by different specificmeans than are shown and described. The essential characteristic of theinvention is the pivotal connection of a frame with the bucket and thepivotal connection of the cover to the frame in such manner that it maybe turned on said frame, substantially as specified. It is intended thatthe opposite sides of the cover shall be painted in dinerent colors.When the person charged with such work empties a bucket, he shouldreverse the cover. Thus when all the buckets have been emptied the topsof .all the covers should show the same color. It one or more has notbeen emptied on any round, it may be readily detected from a distance,because its cover will show a dierent color'.

Having described my invention, AI claim- 1. The combination of a sapbucket, witha frame pivoted thereto, and a cover pivoted to and adaptedto turn in said frame, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. The combination of a sap bucket, with a curved wire pivoted near itsmiddle to the IOO bucket, and a cover pivotally connected at turned endsof the wire, substantially as and opposite points to the ends of saidwire, subfor the purpose specified. ro stantially as and for the purposespecified. In testimony whereof I afx my signature 3. The combination ofa. sap bucket, with a in presence of two witnesses. curved wire pivotednear its middle to the CHARLES BOUTON. side of the bucket and havinginwardly turned Witnesses: ends, and a cover having in its edge ab oppo-G. L. STARR,

site points holes which receive said inwardly E. E. ROGERS.

